PG&E: Several execs captured pay raises in 2020, SEC docs show Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) Apr. 9—Several top PG&E executives harvested hefty increases in their pay during 2020, a year in which the company emerged from bankruptcy and caused a fatal wildfire in Shasta County, a regulatory filing on Thursday shows. William Smith, who was interim PG&E chief executive officer during 2020, captured $6.17 million in pay, as measured by his total direct compensation, according to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Smith took over as interim — and temporary — CEO in June 2020. PG&E, a holding company whose principal operating unit is utility behemoth